GAME LIST

Hello everyone and welcome to the past.  This site is dedicated to the owner of The Games Arena's next computer the Atari St/E.  Hope you enjoy the site and here is a little introduction.

ATARI ST - In a gloves-off, hard hitting fight with the Amiga, the 16-Bit ST lost.  Both machines were similar-proper computers with clickety-clack keyboards, colourful graphics, disk-loading games- but Atari's machine was slightly less powerful, and the games soon dried up.  And, like the Amiga, there were few people prepared to shell out for the ST until it dropped to a sensible price.  When this finally happened, its popularity improved.

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM PRICE £40

TOP 10

1. SPEEDBALL

2. MIDNIGHT RESISTANCE

3. XENON

4. DUNGEON MASTER

5. BUBBLE BOBBLE

6. FRONTIER: ELITE 2

7. SIM CITY

8. STUNT CAR RACER

9. BATMAN THE MOVIE

10. ROBOCOP 3

Technical Specs

NAME   520 / 1040 STe MANUFACTURER   Atari TYPE   Home Computer ORIGIN   U.S.A. YEAR   1990 KEYBOARD   Full-stroke keyboard with editing and numeric keypads CPU   Motorola MC 68000 SPEED   8 mHz RAM   4 x SIMM sockets - From 512 KB up to 4 Mb ROM   192 KB (256 KB in later versions) TEXT MODES   40 or 80 chars. x 25 lines (bitmapped graphics) GRAPHIC MODES   320 x 200 (16 colors) / 640 x 200 (4 colors) / 640 x 400 (monochrome) COLORS   4096 SOUND   3 voices + 1 noise channel, 8 octaves + two 8 bit PCM channels I/O PORTS   Cardridge, Midi (in, out), Centronics, RS232c, Hard Disk, Floppy disk, RGB, Joystick, mouse, 2 x analogue controllers, Stereo RCA jacks BUILT IN MEDIA   3.5'' disk-drive OS   TOS + GEM POWER SUPPLY   Built-in PSU PRICE   520 STE : 396 (France, dec.1989)